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Tag Archives: Mayor Elorza
Lovely Rita, meter maid!
Parking meters on blocks of shops in Providence are not only purging business. It seems as if lovely Rita the Meter Maid may be going the way of the Dodo. I hope not. Friday I drove downtown to shoot the … Continue reading
Posted in Providence, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Ken Dulgarian, Mayor Elorza, Parking, Parking Lots, Parking Meters, Providence RI, Public Transit, Urban Planning
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The 4th w/out the Overture
I am still suffering from Tchaikovsky’s Retreat from Providence. Last year the Rhode Island Philharmonic gave a bravura performance of “The 1812 Overture” for the city’s Fourth of July celebration at India Point Park. Not this year. I have no … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Video
Tagged 1812 Overture, Independence Day, India Point Park, July 4, Mayor Elorza, Music, Providence, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky
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Roses and raspberries, 2015
If the objective were to build beauty, the past year has served Providence poorly. Since the fault is mainly in the office of the new governor, Gina Raimondo, Providence’s mayor, Jorge Elorza, can be absolved of some of the blame, … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Blast from past, Development, Preservation, Providence, Providence Journal, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged 1-195 Corridor, Blackstone Boulevard, Dan Morales, Dr. Downtown, Governor Raimondo, Jim Skeffington, Kennedy Plaza, Mayor Elorza, Michael Rouchell, PawSox, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Richard Ventrone, Roses and Raspberries, Superman Building
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Better lights for Providence
Not long after starting to write about architecture in 1990 I would occasionally hector the city fathers in Providence to use sodium vapor bulbs in downtown’s historic lamps, as was and still is done on Benefit Street. That, I thought, … Continue reading
Kennedy Plaza reopens
Kennedy Plaza reopened this morning. Bus passengers are waiting in the newly sanitized bus hub. The view above shows the blank sterility achieved by its redesign. Wind-swept vastnesses of unused space greet us now, no longer the elegant Art Nouveau … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Development, Providence, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Buddy Cianci, Kennedy Plaza, Mayor Elorza, Tara Granahan, WPRO
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